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• lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s wild that the name Diego becomes James in English!

  I would’ve thought of Daniel or something but no, JAMES

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  • Tryenjer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Diego (Diogo in Portuguese) is a modification of the name Tiago which in turn is the diminutive of Santiago which is the name of the apostle James in Spanish and Portuguese.

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    • Enkrod@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Tiago -> Iago -> Iakobus -> Jacob -> James

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      • GreatRam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        So Jacob and James come from the same origin?

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    • GuyjinBu@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      In the streets of shame Where you’ve lost your dreams in the rain There’s no signs of hope The stems and seeds of the last of the dope There’s a glow of light The Saint Jimmy is the spark in the night Bearing gifts and trust A fixture in the city of lust

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    • jimjam5@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I wouldn’t mind that at all lol has a nice ring to it. But I would feel insulted if I don’t get treated well in a city where I’m a saint.

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      • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        jimjam5 wouldn’t mind the name Saint Jim?

        I feel you’re biased 😋

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  • Maeve@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Tiago > Yahoo > Jacob > James. It’s still a dumb demand.

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  • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s English for ya! You would think that after the Great Vowel Shift people would have considered re-spelling words and names to more properly fit their roots, but evidently instead they just decided to start pronouncing everything wrong.

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    • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It also seems like English changing the letter J from a /j/ sound to a /dzj/ sound didn’t help, going by how “Iacobus” became James (or I could see Jacob in there… With English’ old J)

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      • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yup, that’s the part that drives me most crazy.

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  • oo1@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There’s a less popular name “Jago” in English that would fit. I think that also comes from Jacob or Iago.

    So I reckon “Saint Jago”

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• misteloct@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Best we can do is Saint America.

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• Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s interesting and all but many Spanish speaking people have had family on this side of the border since California was a Mexican territory.

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• Spaniard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  James is Santiago in Spanish.

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